My right BHR is sweet sixteen today! And still feels as good as new. The left is just a toddler of two.
Does anyone know of a forum as good as this dealing with knee replacement? When I have replaced all my joints, I'll be fine.
Wow. Just amazing.
David, what kind of stuff have you been getting up to all the years: running? Skiing? Climbing? Para gliding? Etc? It's very reassuring to hear 16 years. We won't all be so lucky of course, but it confirms that this procedure is solid.
Quote from: MattJersey on November 11, 2015, 01:19:32 PM
David, what kind of stuff have you been getting up to all the years: running? Skiing? Climbing? Para gliding?
I spent the entire time in bed! ;)
Activities were mainly tennis - lots of it. Plenty of hiking.
My new-found energy encouraged me to go to drama school and train as an actor in my mid-fifties and I worked at that for about ten years.
When I had the other one done fourteen years later, they said the first one looks on X-ray exactly as when implanted. If your surgeon gets it right, they really can last!
I wish everyone as much success with their resurfacings as I have enjoyed.
David -
"Feels as good as new" at sixteen years?!? That is sweet music to our ears!
David - Congratulations on your 16th anniversary. Great that you dropped by and gave everyone an update. I hope you have many, many more. I am coming up on my 10th anniversary in a few months. We are proof that BHRs work great for many people.
I have a knee site www.kneesforyou.com (http://www.kneesforyou.com)
It has a discussion group, but just not active. I would suggest you search Yahoo health groups or internet for a knee forum. I did a search and found many. You might also want to join a partial hip group in case you don't need a full knee replacement.
McMinn does knees as well as many of the top hip resurfacing surgeons. You can also check with them, if not ask who they would recommend. I imagine their office would suggest if you can't talk to the surgeon.
Good luck and let us know how things are going.
Pat